The Rise and Progress of the English Constitution: The Treatise of J. L. de Lolme ... with an Historical and Legal Introduction, and Notes, 2. köideJ. W. Parker, 1838 |
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Page 492
... The English themselves ( the observation cannot give them any offence ) having their eyes open , as I may say , upon their liberty , from their first entrance into life , are perhaps too much familiarized DE 492 INTRODUCTION .
... The English themselves ( the observation cannot give them any offence ) having their eyes open , as I may say , upon their liberty , from their first entrance into life , are perhaps too much familiarized DE 492 INTRODUCTION .
Page 507
... observe another circumstance , highly advantageous , as well as peculiar , to England . England was not , like France , an aggregation of a number of different sovereignties : it formed but one state , and acknowledged but one master ...
... observe another circumstance , highly advantageous , as well as peculiar , to England . England was not , like France , an aggregation of a number of different sovereignties : it formed but one state , and acknowledged but one master ...
Page 509
... observing of them . Magna Charta , wards the esta- bishment of an advance to- public liberty . But , though this charter wanted most of those sup- ports which were necessary to ensure respect to it , though it did not secure to the poor ...
... observing of them . Magna Charta , wards the esta- bishment of an advance to- public liberty . But , though this charter wanted most of those sup- ports which were necessary to ensure respect to it , though it did not secure to the poor ...
Page 522
... observe how different were the effects produced in England , by the annihilation of the power of the nobility , from those which the same event had produced in France . In France , where , in consequence of the division 19 Vide ante ...
... observe how different were the effects produced in England , by the annihilation of the power of the nobility , from those which the same event had produced in France . In France , where , in consequence of the division 19 Vide ante ...
Page 535
... observation must be made . All bills for granting money must have their beginning in the House of Commons : the lords can- not take this object into their consideration but in 19 Vide ante , 135-137 . 21 Ibid . 472 , 473 , 485 , 487 ...
... observation must be made . All bills for granting money must have their beginning in the House of Commons : the lords can- not take this object into their consideration but in 19 Vide ante , 135-137 . 21 Ibid . 472 , 473 , 485 , 487 ...
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Page 1111 - ... equip, furnish, fit out, or arm, or procure to be equipped, furnished, fitted out, or armed, or shall knowingly aid, assist, or be concerned in the equipping, furnishing, fitting out, or arming of any ship or vessel, with intent or in order that such ship or vessel shall be employed in the service...
Page 1110 - ... in the service of or for or under or in aid of any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise the powers of government in or over any foreign country...
Page 560 - Britain may hereafter enjoy the same, except the Right and Privilege of sitting in the House of Lords, and the Privileges depending thereon, and particularly the right of sitting upon the Trials of Peers.
Page 1050 - Felony, and, being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for Life, or for any Term not less than Seven Years, or to be imprisoned, with or without hard Labour, for any Term not exceeding Four Years...
Page 545 - Rates and assessed Taxes which shall have become payable from him in respect of such premises previously to the Sixth Day of April then next preceding : Provided also, that no such Person shall be so registered in any Year unless he shall have resided for Six Calendar Months next previous to the last Day of July in such Year...
Page 700 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations ; ecclesiastical or temporal ; civil, military, maritime, or criminal...
Page 700 - It can, in short, do everything that is not naturally impossible, and, therefore, some have not scrupled to call its power, by a figure rather too bold, the Omnipotence of Parliament.
Page 529 - AN ACT DECLARING THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF THE SUBJECT, AND SETTLING THE SUCCESSION OF THE CROWN.
Page 574 - And secondly, it means that the prerogative of the crown extends not to do any injury: it is created for the benefit of the people, and therefore cannot be exerted to their prejudice...
Page 608 - That the freedom of speech, and debates or proceedings in Parliament, ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament.